Khaled al-Turki

Khaled Abbas (18 January 1986-15 January 2015) was a member of the Islamic State.

Biography
Khaled Abbas was born on 18 January 1986 in Hamburg, Germany to a family of Turkish descent. Abbas attended a technological university in Hamburg in an attempt to become a technical expert with televisions, but he was expelled after his headmaster found out that he hung the flag of jihad in his room. Abbas was unable to find another well-paying job, so he decided to sell his apartment and buy a plane ticket to Yemen. Abbas was trained by al-Qaeda there, and he took on the kunya of "Khaled al-Turki". He later headed to Iraq to join the Islamic State, and in late 2014 he arrived in Mosul. al-Turki was killed in battle with the Peshmerga on 15 January 2015, three days before his 29th birthday.